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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Feb 6.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2015 Feb 6;39(2):308–316. doi: 10.1111/acer.12620

Table 2. Prior Month Drinking Characteristics across the 3 Assessments for 454 Low and High LR Subjects in the 3 Education Groups (Means and SD).

Education Group LRB SOTA CONTROL

LR Group Low High Low High Low High

N 89 89 106 106 32 32

Maximum quantity

 Baseline 7.4 (4.45) 5.5 (4.27) 7.0 (4.49) 5.6 (4.04) 8.2 (5.71) 5.2 (4.15)
 4 week 6.2 (4.94) 4.8 (3.39) 6.1 (4.07) 5.0 (4.05) 6.7 (5.50) 4.6 (4.18)
 8 week 5.8 (4.37) 4.7 (3.6) 5.7 (4.26) 4.5 (3.69) 7.3 (6.02) 4.4 (4.08)

Usual quantity
 Baseline 5.0 (3.08) 3.4 (2.52) 4.7 (2.94) 3.6 (2.36) 5.0 (4.07) 3.5 (2.38)
 4 week 4.0 (2.81) 3.4 (2.50) 4.2 (2.70) 3.3 (2.55) 4.1 (2.90) 3.3 (2.91)
 8 week 3.9 (2.48) 3.5 (2.75) 4.0 (2.83) 3.2 (2.58) 5.0 (4.12) 3.5 (3.35)

Usual frequency
 Baseline 4.6 (4.59) 3.7 (3.62) 4.4 (4.35) 4.1 (3.90) 5.1 (4.43) 4.7 (4.33)
 4 week 3.6 (4.04) 3.3 (2.67) 3.6 (3.73) 3.0 (2.88) 4.3 (4.37) 3.8 (4.00)
 8 week 3.8 (3.69) 3.1 (2.62) 3.7 (3.64) 3.1 (3.85) 3.8 (3.19) 3.2 (2.78)

4+ times/occasion
 Baseline 2.8 (2.90) 2.3 (2.77) 2.5 (2.51) 2.1 (2.75) 3.2 (3.02) 2.1 (2.42)
 4 week 2.3 (2.78) 1.7 (2.01) 2.3 (2.39) 1.7 (2.09) 2.6 (3.52) 1.6 (2.56)
 8 week 2.4 (3.00) 1.7 (1.91) 2.3 (2.59) 1.7 (2.26) 2.8 (2.48) 1.7 )2.39)

Abbreviations are described in the footnote for Table 1